[bioundgrd] FW: Invitation to Biology Alumni Gathering & Career Connections (Biotech) on May 8, 2024

[Joshua Stone]

From: Amy Keating
Date: Friday, April 26, 2024 at 10:56 AM
To: biograds <biograds at mit.edu>, bioundgrd <bioundgrd at mit.edu>, biopdaf <biopdaf at mit.edu>
Cc: Dooyon Cho <dooyon at mit.edu>
Subject: Invitation to Biology Alumni Gathering & Career Connections (Biotech) on May 8, 2024

Dear students and postdocs,



On Wednesday, May 8 from 4:30 to 7:30 PM in Building 68, we will be hosting our inaugural Biology Alumni Gathering & Career Connections event, which will feature alumni who have graduated over the past 20 years and now work in the local biotech industry. We look forward to including current MIT Biology undergraduates, graduate students, and postdocs in this event. Registration is required due to limited capacity, so please fill out this form<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd2i-yJ2KX0ngQmWlrWmCoelIBCkp9bfrMdyaqgvxTA6N7LuA/viewform> by Wednesday, May 1, to indicate your interest in attending. We will confirm your registration – as space permits – by Friday, May 3.



Biology Alumni Gathering & Career Connections Program



4:30-4:40 PM | Welcome from Amy Keating, Department Head



4:40-5:00 PM | Keynote from Rachel Meyers (PhD '94), Biotech Scientist, Entrepreneur, and Advisor



5:00-5:40 PM | Panel Discussion



  *   Irene Blat (PhD ’13), Senior Director, Search & Evaluation, Oncology, Servier Pharmaceuticals
  *   Brian Fiske (PhD ’15), Founder and Chief Scientific Officer, Mythic Therapeutics
  *   Serena Silver (PhD '04), Vice President of Biology, Accent Therapeutics
  *   Alex Wesselhoeft (PhD ’19), Director of RNA Therapeutics, Gene and Cell Therapy Institute, Mass General Brigham

 5:40-6:00 PM | Two-Minute Flash Talks



  *   Alicia DeFrancesco (SB ’08), Head of Commercial Strategy and Operations, AlloVir
  *   Kevin Knockenhauer (PhD ’16), Associate Director, Accent Therapeutics
  *   Neena K. Pyzocha (PhD ’17), Former Senior Scientist at Aera Therapeutics and Independent Consultant
  *   Erik Tillman (PhD '18), Associate Director of Translational Biology and Pharmacology, Akero Therapeutics
  *   Francis S. Wolenski (SB ’05), Executive Director of Safety, Keros Therapeutics

 6:00-7:30 PM | Networking Reception



Again, please indicate your interest in attending by filling out this form<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd2i-yJ2KX0ngQmWlrWmCoelIBCkp9bfrMdyaqgvxTA6N7LuA/viewform> by Wednesday, May 1.



Thank you,

Amy
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